Continuous industrial productivity and modern societies have resulted in excess artificial light. The altered circadian rhythm causes many diseases. During intrauterine life, the mother's maternal melatonin rhythm has a major role in influencing organ development. The aim of this study was to investigate...
ABSTRACT Objective To know the nurses' perception about early skin-to-skin contact. Methods A qualitative and exploratory-descriptive study carried out at the Obstetric Center of a university hospital in southern Brazil. The participants were eight nurses who answered a qualitative interview in April 2...
Objective: to estimate the incidence of medical adhesive-related skin injury in the peripheral venous catheter fixation region in critical cancer patients, to identify risk factors, and to establish a risk prediction model for its development. Method: a prospective cohort study with a sample of 100 adul...
About 800 donkeys that were confined in a restrictive area used in a manner comparable to a warehouse for receiving donkeys for slaughter were abandoned. After receiving reports of mistreatment, civilians acted to save the animals. A task force was organized that planned veterinary and zootechnical actio...
Growing demand for ejiao – gelatin produced from donkey skin and used in Traditional Chinese Medicine – is putting global donkey populations at risk and threatening the livelihoods of millions of people that depend on them in lower and middle-income countries. Hundreds of thousands of donkeys are sla...
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the histology and histomorphometry of healing associated with acellular dermal matrix in skin wounds in rabbits. METHODS: Twelve male rabbits were divided into two groups: the control group (CG) and the matrix group (MG). Three skin wounds with a total area of 20 × 20 mm were cre...
ABSTRACT Objective to determine the content validity of Nursing interventions to prevent skin lesions in hospitalized newborns, with an experts committee. Method a content validation methodological research study conducted by means of an online form between April and June 2018. The participants were ...
Objetivo: Relatar a assistência de enfermagem diante do caso de um adolescente
com diagnóstico de Necrólise Epidérmica Tóxica (NET) internado em uma Unidade
de Terapia Intensiva de Queimados. Método: Trata-se de um relato de caso sobre as
intervenções de enfermagem realizadas em um adolescente co...
La elefantiasis verrugosa nostra es una patología poco frecuente secundaria a linfedema crónico no
filariásico, con la consecuente deformación y aumento de volumen del miembro afecto acompañado
de un engrosamiento excesivo de la piel.
Presentamos el caso de un paciente de sexo masculino con hiperpla...
Abstract Introduction: The use of ultrasound in regional anesthesia has become a standard technique to improve nerve block accuracy and reduce associated complications. The literature reports a good correlation between the distance from the skin to the dura mater or the ligamentum flavum measured on ult...
